School administrators at Northwest Elementary experienced a brief scare Friday morning when a teacher noticed a nearby resident carrying a gun which she immediately reported to the building principal.

School administrators at Northwest Elementary experienced a brief scare Friday morning when a teacher noticed a nearby resident carrying a gun which she immediately reported to the building principal.

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Updated: 5:55 PM EDT Sep 11, 2015

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WEBVTT LEARNED THE SITUATION WASN'T QUITE WHAT IT SEEMED. REPORTER: WHEN A TEACHER HERE AT NORTH WEST ELEMENTARY SAW AMMAN CARRYING A HAND GUN THIS MORNING THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD A CRISIS ON THEIR HANDS, BUT AS IT TURNS OUT THE MAN WAS ONLY TRYING TO KILL A SKUNK TRAPPED ON HIS PROPERTY. SOME PARENTS ARRIVED AT SCHOOL WITH THEIR CHILDREN ONLY TO FIND OUT THE SCHOOL WAS LOCKED DOWN. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS A SITUATION, AND I TOOK IT FOR WHAT IT WAS AND PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAITED. REPORTER: OTHER STUDENTS WERE DIVERTED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL ON BUSSES, BUT WHEN BUTLER TOWNSHIP POLICE INVESTIGATED WHAT WAS GOING ON, THEY SAY A NEARBY RESIDENT CAPTURED A SKUNK AND WAS PREPARING TO KILL IT WITH A HANDGUN, WHILE TRAPPED IN A CAGE. ONCE THE STINK CLEARED THE AIR, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SAY THE LOCKDOWN ENDED, AFTER 45 MINUTES. JUST WALKED IN, THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A SKUNK. A SKUNK, SOMEONE SHOT A SKUNK. REPORTER: WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THAT? I'M HAPPY THE COPS WERE HERE QUICK. WELL, YOU CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL NOWADAYS. REPORTER: THEY DID THE RIGHT THING? I THINK THEY DID FOR THE KIDS. REPORT AND THEY GAVE YOU A CHUCKLE AT THE SAME TIME? YES. REPORTER: BUT POLICE SAY THE RESIDENT IS A LEGAL GUN OWN, BUT THE TOWNSHIP HAS RULES REGARDING HOW RESIDENTS SHOULD KILL WILD ANIMALS ON THEIR PROPERTY. POLICE HAVE NOT DETERMINED IF THE RESIDENT WILL BE ISSUED A

School lockdown prompted by skunk kill

School administrators at Northwest Elementary experienced a brief scare Friday morning when a teacher noticed a nearby resident carrying a gun which she immediately reported to the building principal.